Chapter on Zakat of Wheat, Barley, Dates, and Raisins
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 4
وَعَنْهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ وَبُكَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ:» وَ أَمَّا مَا أَنْبَتَتِ اَلْأَرْضُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ مِنَ اَلْأَشْيَاءِ فَلَيْسَ فِيهِ زَكَاةٌ إِلاَّ فِي أَرْبَعَةِ أَشْيَاءَ اَلْبُرِّ وَ اَلشَّعِيرِ وَ اَلتَّمْرِ وَ اَلزَّبِيبِ وَ لَيْسَ فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ اَلْأَرْبَعَةِ اَلْأَشْيَاءِ شَيْءٌ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ خَمْسَةَ أَوْسَاقٍ وَاَلْوَسْقُ سِتُّونَ صَاعاً وَ هُوَ ثَلاَثُمِائَةِ صَاعٍ بِصَاعِ اَلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي كُلِّ صِنْفٍ خَمْسَةُ أَوْسَاقٍ غَيْرَ شَيْءٍ وَ إِنْ قَلَّ فَلَيْسَ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ وَ إِنْ نَقَصَ اَلْبُرُّ وَ اَلشَّعِيرُ وَ اَلتَّمْرُ وَ اَلزَّبِيبُ أَوْ نَقَصَ مِنْ خَمْسَةِ أَوْسَاقٍ صَاعٌ أَوْ بَعْضُ صَاعٍ فَلَيْسَ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ فَإِذَا كَانَ يُعَالَجُ بِالرِّشَاءِ وَاَلنَّضْحِ وَاَلدِّلاَءِ فَفِيهِ نِصْفُ اَلْعُشْرِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ يُسْقَى بِغَيْرِ عِلاَجٍ بِنَهْرٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ أَوْ سَمَاءٍ فَفِيهِ اَلْعُشْرُ تَامّاً«.
And from him, from Muhammad ibn Ismail, from Hammad ibn Isa, from Umar ibn Udhaynah, from Zurarah and Bukayr, from Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said:
Imam عليه السلام said: “As for whatever the earth produces of any crop, there is no zakat in it except in four things: wheat, barley, dates, and raisins. Nothing is due on any of these four things until it reaches five awsaq. One wasq is sixty sa’, making three hundred sa‘ according to the sa‘ of the blessed Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, may Allah سبحانه وتعالى bless him and his family. So if any one of these categories is less than five awsaq, even by a small amount, then nothing is due on it. If the wheat, barley, dates, or raisins fall short of five awsaq by one sa’ or by part of a sa’, then nothing is due on it. Then if it is managed by ropes (al-risha), water-drawing (al-nadh), and buckets (al-dila), then in it is half of the tenth (5%). And if it is watered without labour, by a river or other than it, or by the sky, then in it is the full tenth (10%).”
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 4, p. 24
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Tahdhīb, p. 319